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Hauptbeschreibung Was hei?t es, dass sich unsere geistigen Zust?nde auf eine Welt beziehen, deren Teil wir sind? Eine Analyse dieser Intentionalit?t unserer geistigen Zust?nde mu? sowohl die Rolle ihrer begrifflich-abstrakten als auch ihrer qualitativ-sinnlichen Aspekte genau be…
"How can either philosophy or science claim to discover objective truth when what is asserted exists only subjectively in the individual minds of the investigators, and in the minds they persuade? In Intentionality and Semiotics, John Deely succinctly and vigorously summarizes h…
Tim Crane addresses the ancient question of how it is possible to think about what does not exist. He argues that the representation of the non-existent is a pervasive feature of our thought about the world, and that to understand thought's representational power we need to unde…
Some things in the world--intentional items such as words, thoughts, portraits, and passport photos--are about things, whereas other things in the world--sticks, stones, and fireflies--are not about anything. This book is a study of aboutness, or intentionality, with a focus on …
"Premodern Buddhists are sometimes characterized as veritable 'mind scientists' whose insights anticipate modern research on the brain and mind. Aiming to complicate this story, Dan Arnold confronts a significant obstacle to popular attempts at harmonizing classical Buddhist and…
Raoul Moati intervenes in the critical debate that divided two prominent philosophers in the mid-twentieth century. In the 1950s, the British philosopher J.L. Austin advanced a theory of speech acts, or the performative, that Jacques Derrida and John R. Searle interpreted in fun…
